[gothic-l] Gothic in spanish

[Denis Glenard]

Hi Fredrik,

Spanish dictionaries say: Guante : from germanic "want"

French dictionary "Dictionnaire Historique de la langue Française" says for "Gant" = from frankish  °want

Both the spanish and the french word really mean gloves.


Denis GLENARD

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Fredrik 
  To: gothic-l at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 2:55 PM
  Subject: [gothic-l] Gothic in spanish



  There's a word in spanish that is 'guante' which i think means 
  something like 'glove'. Could this be a loan from gothic or do some 
  one know it's origin?
  I haven't seen any word in gothic similar to guante with the same 
  meaning but the word is to smililar to the swedish 'vante' to be a 
  coincidence. 'Vante' is a type of thin glove.
  Isn't it common that germanic initial w becomes gu in roman languages?
  In that case guante would come from wante or something like that...


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